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AUTHOR
Mikko Honkanen
Construct validity and reliability of the Finnish version of the Knee Injury and Osteoarthritis Outcome Score
Background The Knee Injury and Osteoarthritis Outcome Score (KOOS) is a commonly used knee assessment and outcome tool in both clinical work and research. However, it has not been formally translated and validated in Finnish. The purpose of this study was to translate and culturally adapt the KOOS questionnaire into Finnish and to determine its validity and reliability among Finnish middle-aged patients with knee injuries. Methods KOOS was translated and culturally adapted from English into Finnish. Subsequently, 59 patients with knee injuries completed the Finnish version of KOOS, Western Ontario and McMaster Osteoarthritis Index (WOMAC), Short-Form 36 Health Survey (SF-36) and Numeric Pai…
Additional file 1: of Construct validity and reliability of the Finnish version of the Knee Injury and Osteoarthritis Outcome Score
The back-translation of the Finnish version of the KOOS questionnaire “KOOS KNEE QUESTIONNAIRE”. (PDF 87 kb)